‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Adolescence’ and ‘The Pitt’ lead the way; ‘Hamnet’ and ‘The Secret Agent’ bring big surprises

The Golden Globes kicked off Hollywood’s awards season on Sunday by honoring the best artistic works in film, television and even, for the first time, podcasts. Nikki Glaser returned as host for the second year in a row.

The show’s unique format, which splits movies and TV shows into separate drama and comedy/musical categories, means that some of the year’s most celebrated works weren’t in direct competition with each other.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another was the clear standout in the comedy/musical film categories, winning Best Picture, plus writing and directing awards for Anderson. Teyana Taylor was also named Best Supporting Female Actor for her work in the film.

In the drama categories, Hamnet was named Best Picture and also earned Jessie Buckley a Golden Globe for Best Female Actor. The biggest upset winner of the night was Wagner Moura, who was named Best Male Actor in a drama for his work in the Brazilian film The Secret Agent.

On the TV side, Adolescence continued its dominant run from last year’s Emmys by sweeping all four of the limited series categories it was nominated for, winning Best Limited Series plus acting nods for Owen Cooper, Erin Doherty and Stephen Graham.

Among other notable winners, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners was honored for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement. KPop Demon Hunters won Best Animated Motion Picture and Best Song. Good Hang With Amy Poehler won the inaugural Best Podcast award.

Here is a full list of winners for the 2026 Golden Globes:

Best Picture — Drama

Best Picture — Musical or Comedy

One Battle After Another — winner

Best Female Actor — Motion Picture — Drama

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet — winner
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts, After The Hunt

Best Male Actor — Motion Picture — Drama

Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac, Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson, The Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent — winner
Jeremy Allen White, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Best Female Actor — Motion Picture — Musical/Comedy

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You — winner
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament Of Ann Lee

Best Male Actor — Motion Picture — Musical/Comedy

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme — winner
George Clooney, Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Lee Byung-Hun, No Other Choice

Best Supporting Female Actor — Motion Picture

Emily Blunt, The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another — winner

Best Supporting Male Actor — Motion Picture

Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value — winner

Best Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning

Best Director — Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another — winner
Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Screenplay — Motion Picture

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another — winner
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt, Sentimental Value
Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Best Musical or Comedy Series

Only Murders in the Building

Best Drama Series

Best Female Actor — Television — Musical/Comedy

Kristen Bell, Nobody Wants This
Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face
Jean Smart, Hacks — winner

Best Male Actor — Television — Musical/Comedy

Adam Brody, Nobody Wants This
Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
Seth Rogen, The Studio — winner
Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best Female Actor — Television — Drama

Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Keri Russell, The Diplomat
Rhea Seehorn, Pluribus — winner

Best Male Actor — Television — Drama

Sterling K. Brown, Paradise
Noah Wyle, The Pitt — winner

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Best Female Actor — Television — Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Claire Danes, The Beast in Me
Rashida Jones, Black Mirror
Amanda Seyfried, Long Bright River
Sarah Snook, All Her Fault
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex — winner
Robin Wright, The Girlfriend

Best Male Actor — Television — Limited Series, Anthology Series or Television Motion Picture

Jacob Elordi, The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Paul Giamatti, Black Mirror
Stephen Graham, Adolescence — winner
Charlie Hunnam, Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Matthew Rhys, The Beast in Me

Best Supporting Female Actor — Television

Carrie Coon, The White Lotus
Erin Doherty, Adolescence — winner
Catherine O’Hara, The Studio
Parker Posey, The White Lotus
Aimee Lou Wood, The White Lotus

Best Supporting Male Actor — Television

Owen Cooper, Adolescence — winner
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Walton Goggins, The White Lotus
Jason Isaacs, The White Lotus
Tramell Tillman, Severance
Ashley Walters, Adolescence

Best Non-English Language Motion Picture

It Was Just an Accident (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
The Secret Agent (Brazil) — winner
Sentimental Value (Norway)
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Tunisia)

Best Animated Motion Picture

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle
Kpop Demon Hunters — winner
Little Amélie Or The Character Of Rain

Best Song — Motion Picture

“Dream as One,” Avatar: Fire and Ash, Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
“Golden,” Kpop Demon Hunters, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun — winner
“I Lied To You,” Sinners, Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
“No Place Like Home,” Wicked: For Good, Stephen Schwartz
“The Girl in the Bubble,” Wicked: For Good, Stephen Schwartz
“Train Dreams,” Train Dreams, Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner